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  • February

    Water testing inside the Advanced Treatment Pilot Study trailer at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant, Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, Dec. 19, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sarah Lazo)

    Pilot study seeks drinking water advancements for nation’s capital

    In an unassuming blue trailer just a few miles north of the heart of the District of Columbia, work is underway to improve the drinking water that serves more than 1 million people in and around the nation’s capital.
  • Water testing inside the Advanced Treatment Pilot Study trailer at the McMillan Water Treatment Plant, Washington Aqueduct, District of Columbia, Dec. 19, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sarah Lazo)

    Washington Aqueduct pilot study seeks drinking water advancements for nation’s capital

    In an unassuming blue trailer just a few miles north of the heart of the District of Columbia, work is underway to improve the drinking water that serves more than 1 million people in and around the nation’s capital.

  • December

    Army Corps, Secret Service break ground on advanced K-9 training facility outside DC

    Just outside the National Capital Region, construction is underway on a new innovative center for some of the most highly-trained employees in the U.S. Secret Service. The roughly $9.6-million, 20,500 square-foot cutting-edge center will feature spacious, efficient work areas with proprietary equipment, multi-purpose rooms, an emergency medical area, plenty of natural light and superior ventilation. Its primary beneficiaries are not people, however — they’re Belgian Malamars and Dutch Shepherds.

  • Army Corps, Secret Service break ground on advanced K-9 training facility outside DC

    Just outside the National Capital Region, construction is underway on a new innovative center for some of the most highly-trained employees in the U.S. Secret Service. The roughly $9.6-million, 20,500 square-foot cutting-edge center will feature spacious, efficient work areas with proprietary equipment, multi-purpose rooms, an emergency medical area, plenty of natural light and superior ventilation. Its primary beneficiaries are not people, however — they’re Belgian Malamars and Dutch Shepherds.

  • September

    Corps of Engineers participates in first-time flood summit in high-risk DC

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives joined more than 150 experts to discuss flooding in our nation’s capital at Gallaudet University, Sept. 8, 2016, marking the first flood summit of its kind in Washington.

  • February

    The 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Conference featured many talented speakers from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) arenas, such as the award winners and leaders in the academic, federal, military, and private sectors. This year’s conference, held earlier in February, was at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest, Washington D.C.

    USACE Announces Its 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Award Winners

    The 2013 Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference was held earlier in February, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest, Washington D.C. The BEYA Conference, one of Career Communications Group, Inc. signature events, is designed to recognize the best and the brightest talent in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics career fields.

  • December

    4825 Glenbrook Road is a property that is part of the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS), which consists of approximately 661 acres in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. During the World War I-era, the U.S. government used the site, known as the American University Experiment Station, for research and testing of chemical agents, equipment, and munitions. The Corps of Engineers demolished the house Nov. 30 to clean-up and restoration of the site to residential standards.

    FUDS cleanup moves to next phase

    SPRING VALLEY, D.C. -- As the excavator scraped the side of the stately colonial brickhouse at 4825 Glenbrook Road N.W., people gathered to watch the long-awaited demolition in Spring Valley.